5-18 MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



hijl. 3. p. 244./ 8. /. 12./. 24. ^tf«<z. Ofi. Z)ii?^» 

 /. 308.; 



Great rough Carex. Jnglis. 



In wet fhady places, and by water fides, it. VII. 



The ftalk is a cubit high, triangular, eredt, firm, 

 and fharp-edged : the fpike is thick, and rigid, 

 compounded of fix or eight fiiort, fefllle, confluent 

 fpicuU^ of a yellowifh green colour -, the inferior 

 ones often fubtended by narrow filiform bra5iea. 

 The capfules, when ripe, are patent, rigid, tri- 

 angular, bifid at the point, and longer than the 

 fcalcs. 



f[Acata 9. C. fpiculis fubrotundis approximatis androgynis 

 capfulis ovatis acutis. Hudf. Fl. Ang. f. 349. 

 (Ger. em. 21./. 6. Michel. gen. ^-33-/.^' ^oris. 

 hiJl. 3. p. 244./ 8. /. 12./. 2'j.opt.) 



Small -fpiked Carex. Anglis. 



In moift grounds, and fometimes in dry foils, as in 

 Clenlechy, in Breadalbone, &c. Mr. Stuart, %, 

 VI. 



This is about ten inches high, fmaller in all its 

 parts, and fofter than the preceding: iht fpicu- 

 Ite are generally fubtended by long- bearded ^rrff- 

 tsa., and the fcales are commonly brownifh, with 

 a green nerve in the middle. Linnaus and ScO' 

 pelt feem to include it as a variety under C. vul- 

 pivay but it has the habit of a diftind fpeciee. 



CAREX 



